From a6837a6f64866a100964189e165fa970f29b8ee4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tzwel <39600182+tzwel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 06:02:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] add ungoogled chromium
im suprised it isn't here already
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- [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/) - iOS/Android. Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance and circumvent censorship.
#### Desktop
+- [Ungoogled Chromium](https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium) - A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency. Ungoogled-chromium is Google Chromium, sans dependency on Google web services.
- [Brave](https://brave.com/) - Brave offers a pretty good out-of-the-box set of privacy and tracker protections.
- [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) - Open Source, independent browser. It needs some [hardening and tweaking](https://anonymousplanet.org/guide.html#firefox-1) to achieve great privacy.
- [LibreWolf](https://librewolf.net/) - Privacy-focused Firefox fork.
From 2500156ab6946a41cdf2acd0dd76568d9cf3db05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tzwel <39600182+tzwel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 04:10:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] replace a shady website with open source alternative
removed a shady website that was for some reason recommended over a better open source alternative (actually one of many alternatives)
why was it even here?
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### PC / MacOS
**Avoid**
-- MS Windows - Owned by Microsoft it is known for collecting many user data and tricking users to own a Microsoft account. If you still want and happen to use Windows 10, you can use [this tool](https://www.w10privacy.de/english-home/) to see and disable the tons of privacy-invasive settings of MS Windows.
+- MS Windows - Owned by Microsoft it is known for collecting many user data and tricking users to own a Microsoft account. If you still want and happen to use Windows 10, you can use [this tool](https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla) to see and disable the tons of privacy-invasive settings of MS Windows.
- MacOS.
**Instead use**
From 570e1a7a3cb7d93c0e5e26fc9c0751d2cbb1923f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tzwel <39600182+tzwel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 04:19:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] typo
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### Android
-- [εxodus](https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/) - The privacy audit platform for Android applications. Find how many trackers have your apps.
+- [εxodus](https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/) - The privacy audit platform for Android applications. Find how many trackers your apps have.
- [ClassyShark3xodus](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.oF2pks.classyshark3xodus/) - Checks apk(s) for known trackers (provided by Exodus) +other warnings and specs.
- [Plexus](https://plexus.techlore.tech/) - Remove the fear of Android app compatibility on de-Googled devices. Find if an app will work on a De-Googled device.
- [Netguard](https://netguard.me/) - A simple way to block access to the internet per application.
From 6f6473f76da6336aac8c9cf9fea0048b4793add3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tzwel <39600182+tzwel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 04:23:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] typo
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## VPNs
**Avoid**
-- [Free VPNs](https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/free-vpn-bad-for-privacy/) from Google Play or any appstore. These services are not free as they will suck your connections data, keep logs and profile you to [sell your data to advertisers](https://thenextweb.com/news/be-cautious-free-vpns-are-selling-your-data-to-3rd-parties). If a government wants to track someone, such apps will be the first ones to fall.
+- [Free VPNs](https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/24/free-vpn-bad-for-privacy/) from Google Play or any appstore. These services are not free as they will suck your connections' data, keep logs and profile you to [sell your data to advertisers](https://thenextweb.com/news/be-cautious-free-vpns-are-selling-your-data-to-3rd-parties). If a government wants to track someone, such apps will be the first ones to fall.
- Closed source VPN apps such as Surfshark or NordVPN may be less trustworthy as nobody can be sure how they handle your data. Also, paying with Credit Card will get you identified on the payment. Furthermore, if you need to give your email it will also identify you if this same email has been used in other services.